Urban green space often comes at a premium, but that didn't trouble <a href="http://lycs-arc.com">LYCS Architecture</a> when they were tasked with building a large school in Tian Tai County, China. To make optimum use of space the design team put a grass running track on the ChiCheng Second Primary school's roof - the first of its kind that we have seen here at Inhabitat.

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ChiCneng primary school by LYCS Architecture

This primary school in China will have a running track on its roof!

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ChiCneng primary school by LYCS Architecture

By placing the track on the school's crown, LYCS Architecture saved 3,000 square meters of space

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ChiCneng primary school by LYCS Architecture

The oval shape is organized around a hollow nucleus

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ChiCneng primary school by LYCS Architecture

More sporting and other activities take place in this central space

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ChiCneng primary school by LYCS Architecture

Brilliant site plan!

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ChiCneng primary school by LYCS Architecture

Given that space comes at a premium these days, we can expect to see many more vertical designs like this

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ChiCneng primary school by LYCS Architecture

Urban green space often comes at a premium, but that didn't trouble LYCS Architecture when they were tasked with building a large school in Tian Tai County, China. To make optimum use of space the design team put a grass running track on the ChiCheng Second Primary school's roof - the first of its kind that we have seen here at Inhabitat.